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Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people.


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If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.

If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.



There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.



There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.



Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.

Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.



More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.

More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.



People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.

People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.



Security is a process, not a product.

Security is a process, not a product.



If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.

If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.



Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not - you're the product.

Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not - you're the product.



I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.





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Angels, fairies, gods, hell-heaven, "mediating" messiahs, demons, spirits etc. - are but your cultural-isms. Free be of these prisons.

Angels, fairies, gods, hell-heaven, "mediating" messiahs, demons, spirits etc. - are but your cultural-isms. Free be of these prisons.



Be kind to every body and every body will be kind to you.

Be kind to every body and every body will be kind to you.



When a true purpose refuses to breathe, it suffocates to its ebb and death!

When a true purpose refuses to breathe, it suffocates to its ebb and death!



i been meek, and hard like an oak, i seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, i'll be here.

i been meek, and hard like an oak, i seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, i'll be here.



Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap.

Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap.



Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.

Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.



You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake.

You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake.



I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer.

I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer.



What we're doing here will send a giant ripple through the universe.

What we're doing here will send a giant ripple through the universe.




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